carrageenin

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A form of carrageenan — A food additive made from a purified extract of red seaweed, commonly used as a thickening agent.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nouncarrageenin (usually uncountable, plural carrageenins)

plural carrageenins

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of carrageenan.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae

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